Died in jail or a lockup
Joe Cereno
Joe Cereno was held in the Tallulah, Louisiana, jail on July 21, 1899. A crowd overpowered the jailer and deputies and took the keys. The crowd then took him from the jail and hanged him from an oak tree in the jail yard. A grand jury has described his death as a homicide by hanging.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A grand jury found that a mob took Joe Cereno from the jail after overpowering the jailer and deputies, and hanged him from an oak tree in the jail yard.
Reported by: grand jury.